YOU GUYS!!! We had the best vacation ever. Ever. EVER EVER. The word for our trip is: Outrageous. The weather: outrageously perfect. The all-inclusive Sun Palace: outrageously beautiful and amazing. The food: outrageous delicious and inventive. The service: outrageously friendly and enchanting. The time away just us: outrageously romantic and fantastic. Violet even had an outrageously fun time with Grandma and Grandpa!
Our flights and customs/immigration stops were uneventful. We got our transfer to our hotel and the lobby smelled like...bliss. The have aromatherapy all around the hotel and it was the most amazing smell. We were greeted outside with a cool towel, a flower for me, and refreshing tropical cocktails. We checked in and used our free credits from booking with Travelocity to upgrade our room to the concierge level. Just more amazing benefits like the fancy chairs on the beach and special non-dorky clear bracelets that meant we were VIPs or something. Amazing.
We got to our room and we literally danced around it was so beautiful. The double sinks, frosted glass big shower, bath robes and slippers, huge jacuzzi tub, and balcony overlooking the ocean: outrageous. We unpacked quickly (I'm quirky and like to put everything away and in drawers while traveling) and put our bathing suits on and headed for the beach.
OMG I'M SO HAPPY!!
In the warm water
This is the advertised photo from the Sun Palace website
This was our actual view, taken with our regular old camera. AMAZING!
We sat on the balcony a lot and listened to the waves...
BLISS
They have 4 restaurants and 24 hour room service and we decided to try the Thai place called The Orient. Nate enjoyed many varieties of sushi and the shrimp fritters shown here. I had some tasty banana rolls that were an interesting mix of cream cheese and cucumber wrapped in banana. The best part was we ate outside in the warm breeze and toasted to our vacation.
Here are some really crappy pictures of our room - sorry about that
We jacuzzed (verb form of jacuzzi, of course) and ordered from the pillow and aromatherapy menu. There were 8 types of specialty pillows and 4 aromatherapy scents to choose from! The
We got breakfast room service the next morning and it was muy bueno. You could choose to hang a tag on your door the night before and select a time and what you wanted to eat and it would be delivered on time in the morning....outrageous!
Then we headed to the beach for the entire morning...
After a delicious lunch we headed to the activity pool - or the "fun" pool. We played a game of water polo and met some friends. We played a few rounds of Bingo - or more specifically "bingo bingo por los crazy gringos!!"
I met my friend Senorita Alexa who helps coordinate social things for the guests. She was promoting the baby turtle release that night...
We got dressed up for our nice night out and only took this picture the mirror - DOH!
For dessert we got the Mexican flaming coffee : say it with me - OUTRAGEOUS!! Our server Carlos started by warming our glasses over an open flame and rimming the glasses with sugar.
Then he combines several liquors and sets it all on FIRE!!
And pours the flaming delicacy into the warm glasses with coffee.
We headed across the hall to the bar for Mexican Idol. This guy became our new best friend and wowed the crowd with his "southern gig" and fantastic sunglass tan lines. Senor Nathan even performed a very limited edition version of "99 Problems" by his celebrity look-a-like Jay-Z!!
We pushed the repeat button and pretty much did Saturday like we did Friday. Excellente!
I had a pretty good view here...
And a good view of this handsome gringo
Senor Nathan enjoyed the waves a LOT
A LOT!
Lunchtime at the fun pool and the swim up bar
The famous Miami Vice drink - half pina colada and half strawberry daquiri. YUM!
Our Saturday evening was exciting because we had a romantic dinner on the beach
Just look at this handsome guy!
And this sylish lady!
OUTRAGEOUS!
Have we ever been happier? Um, no. This was the best. The best.
No wonder people keep asking if we're honeymooners!
I waited until the last night to discover watermelon martinis...HUGE mistake and my biggest regret of the trip. And we should've eaten more!
Some more scenery shots...
Adios, Cancun!
